Heavy snow fell across northern and southwestern New Jersey from the morning of February 28th into the  morning of the 1st. Across coastal Ocean County, interior Atlantic County and Cumberland County precipitation fell as snow, but mixed with rain at times during the daytime on February 28th. Temperatures in these areas remained above freezing until the evening of February 28th and slowed the accumulations. Precipitation fell as mainly rain in Cape May County and coastal Atlantic County until the rain changed to snow late in the evening of February 28th. Snow began during the morning of February 28th in the southern half of the state and from around Noon EST into the afternoon in the northern half of the state. Heavier bands of accumulating snow moved over the southwestern and northern parts of the state during the afternoon and evening of February 28th. The snow ended across the southern half of the state before the sun rose on the 1st and ended during the morning in the northern half of the state. Accumulations averaged 4 to 8 inches, with some higher amounts in Sussex and Warren Counties and lower amounts in the southeastern part of the state.Many schools dismissed early on February 28th. Rutgers University cancelled all its classes after 430 p.m. EST on February 28th. Many after school activities and classes as well as municipal and school board meetings were cancelled. Many minor accidents occurred. In Burlington County, a 17-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl and their 41-year-old bus driver were injured when two school buses collided in Medford Township.     Specific accumulations included 9.6 inches in Barry Lakes (Sussex County), 9.1 inches in Belvidere (Warren County), 9.0 inches in Califon (Hunterdon County), 8.9 inches in Sparta (Sussex County), 8.6 inches in Stewartsville (Warren County), 8.0 inches in Southampton (Burlington County), Milton (morris County) and Wrightstown (Burlington County), 7.9 inches in West Windsor (Mercer County), 7.8 inches in Marcella (Morris County), 7.6 inches in Wertsville (Hunterdon County), 7.5 inches in Butler (Morris County) and Hackettstown (Warren County), 7.2 inches in Pottersville (Somerset County), 7.0 inches in Lindenwold (Camden County) and Clarksboro (Gloucester County), 6.8 inches in Medford (Burlington County) and Metuchen (Middlesex County), 6.7 inches in New Brunswick (Middlesex County), Somerville (Somerset County) and Cream Ridge (Monmouth County), 6.3 inches in West Windsor (Mercer County), 6.0 inches in Pennsauken (Camden County), Whippany (Morris County) and Flemington (Hunterdon County), 5.8 inches in Manchester (Ocean County), 5.5 inches in Verga (Gloucester County) and Monroeville (Salem County), 5.0 inches in New Egypt (Ocean County), 4.4 inches in Hammonton (Atlantic County), 3.8 inches in Seabrook (Cumberland County), 1.3 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport and 1.0 inch in Margate (Atlantic County) and Brant Beach (Ocean County).                       The wintry weather was caused by a true northeaster. A low pressure system developed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday February 27th. It moved northeast and already was a 995 millibar low pressure system when it was near Jacksonville, Florida at 7 p.m. EST on February 27th. It moved northeast and deepened to a 992 millibar low near Charleston, South Carolina at 1 a.m. EST on February 28th, a 990 millibar low near Wilmington, North Carolina at 7 a.m. EST on February 28th, a 984 millibar low just east of Elizabeth City, North Carolina at 1 p.m. EST on February 28th, a 980 millibar low about 150 miles east of Fenwick Island, Delaware at 7 p.m. EST on February 28th and still a 980 millibar low about 250 miles east of Long Beach Island, New Jersey at 1 a.m. EST on the 1st. The combination of the low pressure system's storm track being fairly offshore, the lack of a surface high pressure system to its north and marginal surface temperatures for snow kept accumulations from being heavier.

Winter Weather in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 05:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 07:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 07:00:00 (EST)
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Heavy Snow in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 07:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 06:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 07:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 07:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 06:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 07:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 06:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 07:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAR-05 00:00:00 to 01-MAR-05 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER